In this world with starry dome,Floored with gemlike plains and seas,Shall I never feel at home,Never wholly be at ease?

Love like you'll never be hurt.

Sing like there's nobody listening, And live like it's heaven on earth.

Human potential, though not always apparent, is there waiting to be discovered and invited forth.

You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching, Love like you'll never be hurt

A poignant paradox is that sometimes the very desire to be a good mother or father will lead the parent to mistake duty for love.

No act of kindness is wasted.

Empires dissolve and peoples disappear, song passes not away.

Hate and mistrust are the children of blindness.

April, April Laugh thy girlish laughter; Then, the moment after, Weep thy girlish tears.

And though circuitous and obscureThe feet of Nemesis how sure!

Christians should seek after holiness—without which no man shall see the Lord. Let us seek ardently the kind of life that reflects the beauty of Jesus and marks us as being what saints ought to be!

It's not a luxury if you can't do without it!

RUMOUR:"Upon my tongues continual slanders ride, The which in every language I pronounce, Stuffing the ears of men with false reports.

I'm not a woman. I'm a force of nature.

It is no disgrace to rest a bit.

In the lifetime of one person, we went from figuring out where we came from to figuring out how to get rid of ourselves.

Im from Dallas. My whole family is based in Texas and Mississippi and Arkansas, spread throughout most of the South.

I suppose some people find their voice later than others, but it's interesting to look back at really early work to see that there's some kernel or a Rosetta Stone, in a way.

I learnt how to hunt rattlesnakes with an eagle for Serena.

We were so poor we envied everyone we ever heard of.